US judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

U.S. President Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back to Washington

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding, according to a court filing.

(Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware)